I CREATE THESE BOWS BECAUSE THEY REMIND ME OF MY CHILDHOOD WHEN MY MOM WOULD DRESS ME UP FOR SCHOOL IN MY TWO LONG BRAIDS AND BOWS BUT I WOULD SOMEHOW ALWAYS COME HOME WITH THEM OFF AND I WOULD GET IN TROUBLE BUT NOW YEARS LATER I APPRECIATE IT, IT MAKES ME FEEL SAFE AND PROUD OF MY CULTURE🇲🇽 LONGING TO BE A KID AGAIN AND FEEL SAFE IN TIMES OF HIGH ANXIETY. I WAS THE OLDEST AND THE FISRT CHILD OF MEXICAN IMMIGRANTS, WHICH MEANT I STARTED WORKING ALONGSIDE MY PARENTS AT THE AGE OF 5, I LOVED MOVING FROM JOB TO JOB ALONGSIDE THEM NOT REALIZING HOW HARD IT WAS FOR MY PARENTS, I WOULD IMAGINE WAYS I COULD EARN EXTRA MONEY TO ALSO HELP THEM OUT BY SELLING MY TOYS AND LITTLE CRAFTS ID MAKE , I WAS ALWAYS CREATING AND LOVED PINK, LACE, RIBBON ETC… ANYTHING THAT LOOKED CUTE WOULD CATCH MY EYE AND I CARRY THAT WITH ME NOW WHEN I MAKE MY HAIR BOWS, THEYRE LIKE A HUG FROM YOUNGER ME APPRECIATING AND BEING PROUD OF WHAT I DO,AM MY OWN . 

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